Mark 4:10-12

The Purpose of the Parables

10 And ¹when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

11 And he said to them, ²"To you has been given ³the secret of the kingdom of God, but for ⁴those outside everything is in parables,

12 ⁵so that "they ⁶may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they ⁷should turn and be forgiven."

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Cross References 7

1. ver. 34
2. Matthew 19:11; Colossians 1:27; [1 Corinthians 2:6-10; 1 John 2:20, 27]; See Matthew 11:25
3. See Romans 16:25
4. 1 Corinthians 5:12, 13; Colossians 4:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:12; 1 Timothy 3:7
5. Isaiah 6:9, 10
6. Deuteronomy 29:4; Jeremiah 5:21; Ezekiel 12:2; Romans 11:8; 2 Corinthians 3:14; 2 Corinthians 4:4; [Isaiah 42:19, 20]
7. See Luke 22:32

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